MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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